Cork-puller



E. WALKER. CORK FULLER (No Model.)

Patented May 19,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IN WALKER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORK-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,625, dated May 19,1891, Application filed May 1, 1889- Serial No; 309,309. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN IVALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which113' appertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the improvements in cork-pullers hereinafterset forth and ex: plained, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which the drawing is a perspective view of my improved cork-puller,portions thereof being broken away, so as to show the mechanism thereof.

In the construction of my invention shown, A is the upright part of theframe of the machine, and B the base, by meanswhereof it may be'securedto a table. The lower end 0 of the upright portion is made of suitablesize and shape to engage with the top of a bottleneck, above which pointI make a chamber D, of sufficient size and height to receive a corkafter it is extracted. Above the chamber D the frame is contracted to asufficient size to admit of a vertical opening being bored therein tofit the stem E of the corkscrew E. On the upper end of the stem E acrank F is secured for operating the screw E.

Above the base B, I make an oblong chamber G. In the sides H of thischamber I make slots 1, which form the bearings for a bellcrank lever JK, this lever being secured in place, preferably, by means of aremovable inclined plate L, which also serves as a cover for a portionof the chamber G and as a name plate. The short arm K of the bell-cranklever is within the chamber G when the lever is in place, and the longarm J thereof extends downward on the outside of one of the sides II ofthe chamber G and serves as an operating-handle. To the end of the shortarm K of the bell-crank-lever I pivot a vertically-inclined push-bar M,which extends through an opening N in the top of the chamber G upward tothe upper end of the corkscrew-stem E, where it is provided with alateral extension 0, having an elongated opening therein adapted to passover the upper end of the corkscrew-stem to allow for the upward andlateral movement of the push-bar M when raised, where it is securedbetween a collar P, secured on the stem E, and the hubf of the crank F,so that the raising and lowering of the push-bar M moves the corkscrew Ewith it.

In operation the neck of a bottle is placed against the lower end C ofthe chamber D. The screw E is then inserted into the cork a sufficientdistance by turning the crank F. The operator then grasps the long arm Jof the bell-crank lever and raises it, which causes the push-bar M toraise the stem E and the corkscrew E with the crank thereon up into thechamber D, thus drawing the cork from the bottle. A

I am aware of the patents of Hurley, Nos.

'M having an oscillating movement,which entirely does away with the longsliding sleeves surrounding the corkscrew-stem and the slotted arms orgears thereon,with which the op crating-lever connects for moving thesame, and also doing away with moving parts liable to become fouled fromthe overflow of bottles being uncorked therewith.

Having thus described my invention so as to enable others to makeand usethe same, what I-claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. The combination, in a cork-puller, of a corkscrew-stem mounted in aframe so as to slide vertically therein and having a crank on the upperend thereof, and a bell-crank lever mounted in the base of saidframe,with a link provided with an elongated slot or hole in its upperend, haviu g a vertical and lateral movement extending from one of thearms of the bell-crank lever to and engaging with the upper end of thecorkscrew-stem by means of said elongated hole in the upper end of thesaid link, substantially as and for the punl the eorkserew-ste1nE, whichpasses through pose set forth 1 an elongated hole in the upper end ofsaid 2. The combination, in a cork-puller, of a t link M to allow forthe movement of the link snpporting-frame A B, a corkscrew-stem E, t Mthereon, substantially as and for the pur- 5 mounted in the uprightportion A thereof, l pose set forth.

and a chamber G in the base B of the frame, i In testimony whereof Iatlix my signature in having slots I I in the sides thereof, with a ipresence of two witnesses.

bell-crank lever J K, mounted in said slots I I, and a link M, having avertical and lateral EDWIN \VALKER. to movement, the lower end of whichlink is piv- Witnesses:

oted to the short arm K of said bell-erank le- 1 T. A. THOMAS,

ver and having its upper end connected with I ll. .I. CURTZE.

